2 GB of RAM and no laptop: what it's really like to develop on an iPad in 2026
Un iPad no puede correr un contenedor. Eso no ha cambiado. Lo que cambió para 2026 es que dejó de importar tanto, porque las partes que necesitan una máquina de verdad se movieron a una caja que tú tienes y el iPad se volvió la cosa que las maneja. Esta es la arquitectura que sale de eso, las tres maneras de entrar a ella, y los modos de falla que solo aparecen cuando la laptop en casa está…
An iPad cannot run a container, but its role has changed as of 2026. It now manages tasks handled by a separate machine. The setup involves an always-on ARM EC2 instance, AWS Systems Manager, a mesh VPN, VS Code Remote Tunnels, an agentless CLI, and CI on spot capacity. The changes that enabled this setup included remote agentless CLI, VS Code extensions running on a remote machine, mesh VPNs allowing outbound-only instances, and affordable ARM spot capacity.
A development setup uses an always-on EC2 instance, with administration handled through AWS Systems Manager, eliminating the need for SSH ports or bastions.
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